Riyadh GC
The main tournaments played at Riyadh GC are shown in the table below, which also includes relevant information on the winners, their scores and prize money.
Europe
LIV Golf
Played as LIV Golf Riyadh (Feb 4-7) (72-hole, 54-player, no-cut individual event, and accompanying four-player team event). [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Individual event: second-placed Jon Rahm (Esp) finished 1 shot behind 23-year-old Elvis Smylie (Aus), who was making his LIV Golf League debut.
Team event: winning Ripper team (-69; Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Marc Leishman & Elvis Smylie). Runners-up: Torque team (-66; Joaquín Niemann, Abraham Ancer, Sebastián Muñoz & Carlos Ortiz). Ripper team took home the $3 million team first prize.
Note: 2026 season-opener for the Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf League. First time a LIV Golf event played over 72 holes rather than 54.
Asia
SoftBank
Played as the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers (Nov 18-21; Asian Tour event). [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Note: last of the 2026 Asian Tour "International Series" events, funded by the Saudi-backed LIV Golf company.
Europe
PIF
Played as the PIF Saudi Ladies International (Feb 11-14; Ladies European Tour 2026 season-opener). Second-placed Casandra Alexander (RSA) and Akie Iwai (Jpn) finished 1 shot behind Charley Hull (Eng), who recorded her fifth Ladies European Tour win. [Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia].
Note: first of five PIF Global Series events in 2026; reverted back to an individual competition from 2025's individual and team format.
Europe
LIV Golf
Played as inaugural LIV Golf Riyadh (Feb 6-8; 54-hole 48-player no-cut individual event, and accompanying four-player team event). [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Individual event: second-placed Jon Rahm (Esp) and Sebastián Muñoz (Colombia) finished 4 shots behind Adrian Meronk (Pol), who recorded his first LIV Golf individual win.
Team winners: Legion XIII (-50; Jon Rahm, Tyrrell Hatton, Caleb Surratt, Tom McKibbin). Runners-up: Ripper team (-39; Cameron Smith, Lucas Herbert, Matt Jones & Marc Leishman) and Range Goats team (-39; Bubba Watson, Ben Campbell, Peter Uihlein, Matthew Wolff). Legion XIII took home the $3 million team first prize.
Note: 2025 season-opener for the Saudi Arabian-bankrolled LIV Golf League.
Asia
SoftBank
Played as the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers (Nov 19-22; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Caleb Surratt (USA) finished 3 shots behind fellow LIV golfer 22-year-old José Luis "Josele" Ballester (Esp). Ballester recorded his first Asian Tour win in only his 10th start as a professional golfer. [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Note: the last of nine 2025 Asian Tour "International Series" events, funded by the Saudi-backed LIV Golf company.
Europe
PIF
Played as the PIF Saudi Ladies International (Feb 13-15); Ladies European Tour individual and team event. After a two-day team event (featuring 28 four-player teams), the top 60 players advanced to a final day of individual competition. [Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia].
Individual event: second-placed Somi Lee (S Kor) finished 4 shots behind Atthaya "Jeeno" Thitikul (Thai), who recorded her fifth Ladies European Your win.
Team winners: Team Somi Lee (254, -34): Somi Lee (S Kor), Minsum Kim (S Kor), Nastasia Nadaud (Fra) & Amy Taylor (Eng). Winning team received $35,000 each. Runners-up: Team Kyriacou (256, -32): Stephanie Kyriacou (Aus), Olivia Cowan (Ger), Liz Young (Eng) & Sara Kouskova (Czech).
Note: first of five PIF Global Series events in 2025 (formerly called Aramco Team Series events).
Asia
SoftBank
Played as the PIF Saudi International powered by SoftBank Investment Advisers (Dec 4-7; Asian Tour 2024 season-ending event). Joaquín Niemann (Chile) beat fellow LIV golfers Cameron Smith (Aus) and Caleb Surratt (USA) with a birdie at the second playoff hole (par-4 18th). 26-year-old Niemann recorded his first Asian Tour win. [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Note: last of ten Asian Tour "International Series" events in 2024, funded by Greg Norman's Saudi-backed LIV Golf company.
Asia
Saudi PIF
Played as the Saudi Open presented by Public Investment Fund (April 17-20; Asian Tour event). Second-placed Wade Ormsby (Aus) finished 7 shots behind wire-to-wire winner John Catlin (USA), who recorded back-to-back wins on the Asian Tour. [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Europe
Aramco
Played as the Aramco Team Series presented by PIF - Riyadh (Oct 31-Nov 2; Ladies European Tour event; each of the 36 teams includes three professionals and one amateur player). [Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia].
Individual event: second-placed Nicole Broch Estrup (Den) finished 3 shots behind Charley Hull (Eng).
Team winners: Team Tamburlini (245, -43): Chiara Tamburlini (Sui; capt), Anne-Charlotte Mora (Fra), Mimi Rhodes (Eng) & Tenniel Chu (China, amateur); professionals in winning team received $35,000 each Runners-up: Team Briem (255, -33): Helen Briem (Ger; capt), Sophie Witt (Ger), Patricia Isabel Schmidt (Ger) & Mohammed Almushabi (Saudi; amateur).
Note: last of five Aramco Team Series pro-am events in 2024.
Europe
Aramco / PIF
Played as the Aramco Saudi Ladies International presented by PIF (Feb 15-18; Ladies European Tour event). Second-placed Esther Henseleit (Ger) finished 7 shots behind 24-year-old wire-to-wire winner Patty Tavatanakit (Thai), who recorded her first win on the Ladies European Tour. [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Asia
Saudi PIF
Played as the Saudi Open presented by Public Investment Fund (Dec 14-17; season-ending Asian Tour event; formerly an Asian Development Tour event). Second-placed Henrik Stenson (Swe) finished 3 shots behind 19-year-old Denwit Boriboonsub (Thai), who recorded his first Asian Tour win in his 11th start on the Tour. Boriboonsub made it three wins in three weeks, having recorded back-to-back wins in the previous two weeks, one in the Aramco Invitational (Asian Development Tour), then in his home Thailand Open (Thailand Tour). [Riyadh GC, Saudi Arabia].
Europe
Aramco
Played as the inaugural Aramco Team Series - Riyadh (Nov 3-5; Ladies European Tour event; each of the 36 teams includes three professionals and one amateur player). [Riyadh GC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia].
Individual competition: second-placed Carlota Ciganda (Esp) finished 8 shots behind Alison Lee (USA), who recorded her second Ladies European Tour win and second in an Aramco Team Series event.
Team competition winners: Team Ciganda (245, -43): Carlota Ciganda (Esp), Sára Kousková (Czechia); Alessandra Fanali (Italy) & Lujain Khalil (Saudi, amateur); professionals in winning team received $35,000 each. Team competition runners-up: Team Lee (248, -40): Alison Lee (USA), Kim Métraux (Switz), Gaurika Bishnoi (India) & Chris Thomas (USA, amateur).
Note: last of five Aramco Team Series pro-am events in 2023.
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